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Kelli McCormack Brown1, Tabia Henry Akintobi, Seraphine Pitt
1University of South Florida, Florida Prevention Research Center, 13201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612-3805, USA. kmbrown@hsc.usf.edu
Abstract:
Enactment and enforcement of school nutrition policies represent key components in adolescent overweight and obesity prevention. This study determined: 1) California school board members' attitudes, perceptions, and motivations related to enactment of policies that support healthy eating in schools; and 2) barriers to adopting school policies that support healthy eating. To understand board members' decision-making process, key informant interviews were conducted and a survey was administered to 404 school board members. Though school board members care about the well-being of pupils, competing priorities limit the extent to which nutrition issues get addressed at board meetings. Members' decisions center primarily around academic achievement issues, yet they are interested in nutrition's overall impact on children's health and academic achievement.
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